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Wednesday October 17, 1984 | Vol. 19, No. 41 Jermace Bay Schreiber Cutting the ribbon to open the new Schreiber Water Treatment Plant are left to right, Ron Lane, Ministry of Northern Affairs, Jack Stokes M.P.P. Lake Nipigon, Harold Fischer, Reeve U.P.I1.U. - K.C. Settle by LYNNE BADGER The United Paper Workers Union ratified an agreement with Kimberly- Clark of Canada Limited by a vote of 259 to 26. One of the 43 points in the negotiated agreement was a wage irtcrease of 242 per cent effective May 1, 1984, 4 per cent effective May 1, 1985 and 5 per cent effective May 1, 1986. With the increase in wages, an 11% per cent indexing of the pension plan is automatic. The contract also includes a_ signing bonus. of $100 for employees and another similar signing bonus on May 1, 1985. In addition, Kimberly-Clark has agreed to pay the Union's negotiating costs which may be over $20,000 in lost wages and travel. Employees were en- couraged to ratify the agreement by Local Presi- dent Frank Hurley who told union members to '*Match it with any in Cen- tral Canada." He was pleased with the results of the negotiations stating that "no concessions were made by the Union,"' "The Medical and Dental pro- grams are still paid entire- ly by the company,'" and several things that have taken a long time to achieve were finally agreed upon. Public Library TERRACE BAY, ONT. POT 2Wo C.C.T.F.N, Treatment Plant Opens by LYNNE BADGER On Thursday, October 11, the new Water 'Treatment Plant for the Township of Schreiber was officially opened at a brief public ceremony at the plant north of town. Interested citizens who attended were given a tour of the facil- ity and were treated to a social at the recreation centre after. of Schreiber and Mr. Michael Harris M.P.P. Nippissing, representing the Ministry of the Environment. These include "Job Posting" whereby jobs will be posted to allow employees to bid on jobs in other departments provid- ed they qualify. Employees will also be able to apply for the steam plant cer- tification program and trades training program if qualified. Their jobs are protected should they fail and a clause is built in that will prevent some people from taking a free ride. Compassionate leave of one day will apply to employees who have a death in the family but who are unable to attend the funeral and thereby take funeral leave. » The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was also involv- ed with the negotiations but no information § was available at press time. ' Joe Earle to be Honoured Joe Earle of Terrace --Friday by a letter from Bay was informed on ~ The five million dollar Schreiber Water Treatment Plant. Premier Bill Davis that he is to be the recipient of a Bicentennial Me- dal. The letter stated that the medals were designed to honour vol- unteers whose efforts, accomplishments and contributions to their communities helped to build the province. Joe was the chairman of the Terrace Bay - Lake Superior Miulti- Cultural Association which coordinated the Intercultural _ Festival this year. Joe is delight- ed to have been chosen, and anxiously awaits-the presentation which will be made in early De- cember. He said his award was made "possible because _ of cooperation of others and should be shared with them." In his address, Reeve Harold Fischer ex- pressed pleasure at be- ing able to open the new water treatment facility which "has long been a concern and priority of Council." He gave a brief history of the sys- tem beginning in 1975 when the need for exten- sive re-building was first evident. A report by M.M. Dillon and a "boil water' order made it quite clear that im- provements would have to be made. First the distribution system was improved then a second report in 1980 recommended that the system be complete- ly rebuilt and that a filtration plant and pumping station be added. The plant, now com- plete and operating cost a total of $5,515,000. Grants from the Min- istry of the Environment will total $3,655,000 and the Ministry of Northern Affairs has contributed $1,000,000 leaving $860,000 as the Town- ship's share. Council has managed to finance their share without de- bentures. Mr. Michael Harris, M.P.P. Nipissing, Par-: liamentary Assistant to Ontario Environment Minister Andy Brandt spoke on behalf of the Ministry, announcing that at the request of Town Council, the Min- istry of the Environment has agreed to operate the water treatment plant as well as the sewage treatment facil- ity. He explained that the new system removes suspended matter from the water by chemicai treatment and filtration. Soda Ash adds alkalinity to reduce the corrosive properties of the water, and facilities for future use of potassium per- manganate will control any taste and odour problems. The leakage in the system has been dras- tically improved which in turn reduces the flow to the sewage plant re- sulting in savings in the operation of the sewage plant. One of the most im- portant changes was the addition of booster pumps, which doubled the pressure of the sys- tem. Combined with 64 new fire hydrants, the fire-fighting capability of the Township has been greatly improved. The expansion of the plant will enable Schrei- ber to grow to a popu- lation of 3,000 from its present 2,000. This growth has been pro- jected for Schreiber dur- ing the next 16 years in consideration of possible mining developments in the area. continued on page 2